On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:05:52AM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: > On 10 mei 2010, at 5:01, tytso@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > I talked to a cab driver in Boston, and he's not very happy with > > credit cards, because he was forced to use a new system for credit > > cards, and it takes what he considered an unfairly large percentage > > when customers pay by credit cards. > > And that's why credit cards are so evil. I understand there are > often provisions that sellers can't charge a premium for credit card > payments to make up for the commission so in places where > creditcards are common EVERYONE pays more because of credit card > commissions. It's worse than the standard "credit card banks charge a percentage". Apparently the service that provides the TV screen with GPS monitoring (and which gets revenue from the advertising shown on said TV screen) is charging substantially more (2x to 3x) than what the percentage would be if the Taxi cab driver were to use his own bank's credit card clearing service; but the way the system is set up, he has to use the one which is installed in his cab. Anyway, Taxi cabs are a regulated monopoly, so the State gets to set the rules, but do have some understanding if the taxi cab drivers growl a bit before accepting the credit card. (This is at least in Boston; YMMV in different cities.) - Ted _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf